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From the archives of the

Bonner County History Museum

611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, ID 83864

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50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Sept. 27, 1968 — 75 MORE STUDENTS

Bonner County School District No. 82 made another attendance count Sept. 13 and found 75 students had been added to the 201 extra enrolled on opening day. Nearly every school in the district shared in the increase. Another count will be done today.

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McCLURE: ‘GRADUALISM’ IS MISTAKE President Johnson’s ‘gradualism’ policy in fighting the Vietnam war has placed the U.S. in an impossible position, Idaho Congressman James A. McClure said, adding that the policy where we respond only to the enemy’s initiative gives all the options to North Vietnam. “It is as though we told the North we do not intend to win,” McClure said, “but hope we can keep them from winning and further hope they will tire and negotiate. We can question the wisdom of choosing Vietnam as the place to stand and fight. Right or wrong, the President made that decision in 1965. I may not wholly agree, but I can understand his decision. But, I cannot understand, and refuse to accept,” he said, “the manner in which it is being carried out. The lives of those Americans lost in Vietnam demand a better solution.”

100 Years Ago

Northern Idaho News

Sept. 27, 1918 — MAY CHANGE DIVISION

A change of the freight divisions of the Northern Pacific is contemplated according to rumors persistent in railroad circles, by which Kootenai would be wiped out as a division point altogether and the freight trains run through from Paradise to Spokane, as passenger trains are. If this change is made it will mean a considerable number of railroad employes (sic) who now live at Kootenai will move away. But there are compensating rumors to the effect that the railroad may reopen the repair shops at Kootenai for light repair again.

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LETTERS TELLING OF DEATH

The war department announces that if Red Cross workers, chaplains and others of the AEF will, when writing sympathy letters in case of death, leave them unsealed and mark a small cross in the upper right corner, these letters will be expedited so the families of deceased soldiers may receive information promptly.

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THE TRUTH ABOUT CANDY

Food value is based on calories, which are degrees of food value. A pound of standard quality Chocolate Creams has 2092 Calories. Whole Milk has just 315 Calories per pound.

The event establishing candy as a food is this great war. Candy has come to the front as a food of tremendous value, something very essential to the soldier. Candy is becoming recognized as a food not just a luxury. It is the way most people like best to supply their system with the fuel it needs. By the Candy Makers of the Northwest.

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